[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR126.609]

[Page 424]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 126--HUBZONE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart F--Contractual Assistance
 
Sec. 126.609  What must the contracting officer do if a contracting opportunity does not exist for competition among qualified HUBZone SBCs?

    If a contract opportunity for competition among qualified SBCs does 
not exist under the provisions of Sec. 126.607, the contracting officer 
must first consider the possibility of making an award to a qualified 
HUBZone SBC on a sole source basis, and then to a small business under 
small business set-aside procedures, in that order of precedence. If the 
criteria are not met for any of these special contracting authorities, 
then the contracting officer may solicit the procurement through another 
appropriate contracting method.